If you want to know more about the characters of X1999, this is the place.

It is to be noted that characterization and purpose are often different whether it's the manga, the TV series or the film. If the main trio, the premises and the whole plot in general are grossly the same from one media to another, the support cast often sports notable differences as you will see.

As always with Character pages, SPOILERS AHEAD!!

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Main Trio

Kamui Shiro

The Hero of the series is a dark-haired teenager whose destiny is to fight for the eventual fate of Earth: either it is destroyed to be reborn without humanity, either it shall live on as it is. In short, he is a stock Messiah.

After living his childhood in Tokyo, making friends with Fuma and his sister Kotori, his mother, Toru Magami, towed him away to Okinawa (Right around the time their mother Saya gave birth to the first Shinken and died in the process) so they could live in peace until she decided to end her life so she could postpone the impending disasters that Kamui would face and died in a fire.

After coming back to Tokyo, he gradually meets the Dragons of Heaven, fighting with Arashi, Sorata and Mauve Shirt Daisuke, Aoki's nephew. Behaving like a Jerkass at first, he only does so in order to keep people away, knowing beforehand that his fate will be far from all pink, sparkles and flowers. After meeting Princess Hinoto and eventually bonding with his fellow Dragons, he tries to recuperate his Shinken, an Empathic Weapon hidden in the body of Tokiko Magami, his aunt, unbeknownst to everyone.

Despite his rather classical characterisation, Kamui still keeps the spotlight to himself due to his own complex personality. His frail and scrawny appearance (perhaps for Yaoi-slash purposes) seems almost a joke in comparison to his crushing responsibilities. Yet, his reactions are pretty realistic and quite akin to the ones a Real Life teenager would display.

Tropes associated with Kamui Shiro:

Angst Coma: Right after losing to Fuma and being unable to stop him from horribly killing Kotori.

Break the Cutie: Like many other characters, but even more so for being The Chosen One. To put it on perspective: the sensitive and broken but still determined Kamui that we know? He's the result of all the horrible shit poured on him, leaving him unable to put on his Jerkass Façade anymore.

The Chosen One: Destined to make the decision of either saving humanity at Earth's cost or destroy it in Earth's benefit. Little he knows is that There Is Another.

Empathic Weapon: The Shinken, a magic sword that is pretty much a living being as it has to be born out of a woman.

Heroic Bastard: Was shunned by everyone except the Monous as a child for not having a father.

Heroic B.S.O.D.: Upon beholding the deaths of Kotori and Sorata (TV series only), the former causing him to enter an Angst Coma.

Meaningful Name: The kanji in his name (神威) can be read as God's power. Kamui can also mean bear, which makes allusion to The Big Dipper (Major Ursa), the constellation that represents the Seven Seals.

Take a Third Option: Does this in the anime So Kamui doesn't want to kill Fuuma, yet cannot afford to be defeated and killed in battle? He will let Fuuma injure him... then he'll his life energy to create said barrier and entrust Fuuma with his wish to protect the world. And it works.

Took a Level in Kindness: He becomes a Dragon of Heaven having realized what he wanted to protect those dear to him. After Kotori died and Fuuma had his Face–Heel Turn, he was terribly broken... and once he came back, he bonded properly with the Dragons of Heaven, showing them the kindness he either repressed or didn't know he had in him.

You Killed My Mother: At first, his purpose was to investigate the reasons behind his mother Tohru's strange death and few else. The truth he uncovers is... more complicated than he expects.

Fuma Monou

The taller and stronger childhood friend of Kamui is actually destined to be his Evil Twin of sorts, depending on who Kamui chooses to side with.

Both Fuma and Kotori, his sister, lived happily in Tokyo and were friends with Kamui until their mother Saya died a horrific death upon giving birth to the first Shinken. Fuma then went to High School and became a famed basketball player. Upon meeting Kamui again, he tries to rekindle with him but, since Kamui wants to protect him, his attempts meet an icy response. After Kamui makes his choice, Fuma makes a major Face–Heel Turn and goes to Kanoe in order to take his place amongst the Dragons of Earth.

Tropes associated with Fuma Monou:

Authority Equals Asskicking: Despite what many viewers of any gender may contend, blatant Ho Yay doesn't deprive you from being badass and from being able to kick major ass.

The Dreaded: Whenever a Dragon of Heaven faces him, it's a Curb-Stomp Battle. Daisuke and Sorata (in the anime) lost their lives when fighting him though the latter managed to inflict damage on him before he dies. However, Fuuma is just merely granting what they wanted which to protect their loved ones at the cost of their lives. Subaru and Yuzuriha are nearly closed to death if it weren't for the wishes with the former wanting to be killed by Seishirou and the latter wanting to live.

Face–Heel Turn: As expected upon Kamui's choice to side with the Seven Seals.

Hero Killer: He's probably the only character with the highest kill count though this only in the anime and movie. In the anime, he killed Kotori, Daisuke, Sorata, Nataku and Kamui while in the movie, he killed Kotori (again), Kusanagi, Yuto, Kanoe, Sorata (again) and Arashi. In the manga, he only killed two people (Daisuke and Nataku) so far unless you count destroying the entire Ginza area.

Literal Genie: Gives people EXACTLY what they wish for, hence Be Careful What You Wish For. In example, when he kills Nataku in the manga, he explains that he's just doing it because Nataku wanted to die protecting someone important and at the hands of the one he loves; later, he doesn't kill Karen because she was the person Nataku died protecting, thus he wants to honor Nataku's own wish. Similarly, in the anime he absorbs Nataku into himself with a similar reasoning, since Nataku wanted to die for him.

Kotori Monou

The resident Shrinking Violet is Kamui's childhood friend and who has a (reciprocated) crush on him.

Like Fuma, Kotori was scarred for life upon watching the gory death of her mother. However, unlike Fuma and Kamui, she doesn't fight physically. Psychologically/physically fragile and pretty much defenseless, Kotori lives her life quietly and peacefully in the family shrine, but she snaps and breaksdown upon seeing the birth of the second Shinken out of Tokiko Magami's body.

As foreseen by Hinoto and Kanoe she ends up being the wedge between Kamui and Fuma, and her brother eventually captures, crucifies, kills and dismembers her in front of Kamui. (In the anime, she's "only" crucified and killed). Her soul is then collected by Kakyou, who comforts her in her last moments before going to Heaven; her body is buried in the CLAMP Campus by the Dragons of Heaven.

Tropes associated with Kotori Monou:

Angst Coma: In the film. And sorta happens in the anime, since unlike in the manga she spends almost all the time asleep after being mentally broken, and she's more or less sane while in said Dream Space.

Barrier Maiden: She is unknowingly the guardian of the world's peace. This puts her in quite the risk.

Cynicism Catalyst: Inverted for Kamui. Before her death he is apathic, at most, to his role in the End of the World. While he does take a side before her death, it's the event itself that makes him determined to protect his loved ones that are left (Fuuma included), and, thus, to embrace his role as a Dragon of Heaven.

Dream Weaver: In the manga and TV series. In The Movie she spends some time in a dream-like state, but it's not clear if it's the same power or just a trance.

Ill Girl: Has a severe heart condition, thus she sometimes has seizures and fainting spells.

The Ophelia: She loses her mind after seeing the horrific birth of the second Shinken. It's subverted in the anime series: She does break down and collapses, but spends almost all the time until her death pulling her Dream Weaver stunts and remains mostly grounded, so to say, as she does so.

Person of Holding: Only in The Movie. She has one of the Shinkens inside her body, and Fuuma murders her via pulling it out of the poor girl's stomach with his bare hands. In front of Kamui, Hinoto, Arashi and Sorata, who had just tried to help her run away.

Despite being taken from his parents at an early age and destined to die for the woman he loves, he constantly acts friendly, generous and protective, especially towards Kamui and his initially unresponsive crush, Arashi. Raised and trained by Buddhist monks in the Koya shrine, he primarily uses thunder and light-based attacks as well as some holy magic.

He eventually meets his fate in both the anime and the film, to protect his beloved Arashi. The manga also hints a similar end for him, as he's last seen trying to confront Hinoto on his own, without knowing she's been taken over by her Enemy Within.

Tropes associated with Sorata Arisugawa:

A Man Is Not a Virgin: Defied. In the manga, he makes a joke about himself being "still pure" when talking about Arashi, who is naturally annoyed. He later stops being one.

Bi the Way: It is made pretty obvious that Arashi is his one true love and he also comments on Kotori's cuteness in the manga, but he gets pretty flirty with Kamui in the early chapters of the manga. He even comments while Kamui and Arashi are on either side of him how grateful he is to be between "two beauties".

Comfort Food: He manages to make Kamui eat his homemade and excellent food when he's in a VERY low point, and Arashi compliments him on it since it means he's helping Kamui to get better from his terrible ordeals.

Chivalrous Pervert: Flirty, kinda irresponsible, has a bit of a roving eye for ladies (and Kamui). But he's also a loyal friend and an effective fighter, and he genuinely cares for everyone around him and specially his dear Arashi.

The Idiot from Osaka: Toyed with. He is brash, sometimes dorky and considered to be kinda crass sometimes, but people don't seem to think he's actively stupid. Not to mention the fact that he's a powerful fighter capable of casting quite powerful holy spells (like a goho doji) mean that he's laidback and cheery, but very capable of being serious when needed.

Love at First Sight: A weirdly enforced example. He decides that if he is destined to die for the sake of a woman, it better be for a pretty one; he's impressed by Arashi's Aloof Dark-Haired Girl looks, so he decides she should be the one and approaches her, and as the story progresses they fall in love for real.

In the anime, she goes to the Dragons of Earth of her own will but in the manga Dark Hinoto's machinations are the cause of her betrayal. In the anime, however, she comes back to the Dragons of Heaven after Sorata dies for her anyway. Her terminal fate is different in the film than in the TV series: Sorata fulfills his destiny and dies for her in battle, but then Fuma kills her too.

Tropes associated with Arashi Kishu:

Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She has the traditional image of a beautiful miko and is very cold and detached at first. Sorata falls for her attitude.

Defrosting Ice Queen: Thanks to Sorata's upbeat personality and witnessing how shit goes down the fan around their circle.

Keigo: Her speech patterns are extremely polite, and in the CD-dramas she uses very old-fashioned words while writing a letter to her adoptive mother, the lead Miko of Ise Jingun.

Miko: And from Ise Jingun, one of the most famous shrines in the whole country.

Orphan's Ordeal: Her early childhood was tough to say the least, as after her parents's early deaths, she spent a while as a Street Urchin until the Ise priestesses found her and took her to the shrine.

Virgin Power: In the manga, she loses her powers upon making love with Sorata. It should be noted that her Missing Mom, also a Miko from Isse Jingun, went through the same process after she ran away from Ise with Arashi's father (a university student) and lost her virginity to him.

Subaru Sumeragi

Subaru Sumeragi as he looks in X for the majority of the manga - and then how he looks near the end of the manga.

Like his Arch-Nemesis, Seishirou Sakurazuka, he hails from another CLAMP work: Tokyo Babylon where his origins are explained with more details. Appearing as a stock Bishōnen, he mourns his dead sister Hokuto, who was killed by Seishirou.

Unlike the other Dragons of Heaven, he is rather reluctant to join the group and mostly goes on his own story arc that is actually the end of the one he started during Tokyo Babylon. Nevertheless, he significantly helped out during Kamui's massive Angst Coma and succeeded in healing his soul and bringing him back, becoming a sort-of Big Brother Mentor to him from then on. His final showdown with Seishirou Sakurazuka leads to tons of Ho Yay and Foe Yay. In battle, he uses a mix of soul magic and arcana that he channels in special paper cards.

His end is very different, depending on the media. In the Manga, he inherits the powers and responsibility of the Sakurazukamori; in the film both die and in the TV-series their relationship is established and he ends up in a catatonic state for having killed his lover, but he ultimately gets better.

Tropes associated with Subaru Sumeragi

Agent Peacock: He's still gentle, pretty, soft spoken and kind - but as the world is ending, he is forced to fight to preserve it.

Angst Coma: In the anime, he falls into this few after killing Seishirou. With some prodding from Hokuto's soul, he wakes up right before Kamui and Fuuma's final duel.

Big Brother Mentor: To Kamui, very much so. Once he helps Kamui deal with the trauma of Kotori's death and Fuuma's Face–Heel Turn, they become quite close, and in the anime this becomes so strong that once he returns from his post-Seishirou's death Angst Coma, he helps Kamui in his last fight and almost goes Taking the Bullet for him.

Bishōnen: Several other characters openly state how good looking he is - and it's true!

Broken Ace: He doesn't even want to, but when he does his skill is incredible; his magic powers have improved even more and even his fellow teammates, extremely powerful themselves, are seriously in awe of his skill. Sadly, his severe emotional angst and horribly broken heart thanks to Seishirou take away from his true ass-kicking abilities.

Cherry Blossoms: Part of his magic takes this form, very much like the Sakurazukamori's.

Ineffectual Loner: Subverted. He is actually effectual, and later he bonds with Kamui yet never fully becomes a part of the group.

Let's Get Dangerous!: He is nice and soft, but when he's thinking straight, is also an extremely formidable opponent.

Onmyodo: Leader of the Sumeragi clan, the main onmyodo family in Japan. Naturally, it is his specialty.

Pretty Boy: Subaru's one of CLAMP's most pretty characters and in X, he is always more beautiful than he is handsome, but this is made more apparent when he grows out his hair longer, reminiscent of his teenage haircut after he becomes the new Sakurazukamori. He looks even more lovely and delicate than ever.

Psychic Nosebleed: Has one when he drives into Kamui's mind to help him return to consciousness; being hit with a psychic backlash coming from Kamui's bitter memories causes Subaru to bleed from his ears.

Smoking Is Cool: Subverted: When 'Seishirou' does it, it's cool. When Subaru does it, he gets lectured about the health risks — by Seishirou himself, nonetheless.

Took a Level in Badass: Remember that shy, frail-looking kid from Tokyo Babylon? He always was badass, technically speaking. He just changed his attitude after all the Break the Cutie, and now is one of the most powerful members of the whole cast.

A devoted Catholic call-girl, Karen appears sporadically at first before taking a more active role in the plot. She appears as a redhead bombshell who always smiles and supports the Dragons of the Heaven as much as she can.Gifted with pyrotechnics, she is usually aloof towards everyone despite her benevolent disposition and her sensitivity. She forms an unrequited crush on Seiichiro Aoki and never acts on it out of respect for his wife Shimako and child Yuuka.

In the anime she eventually sacrifices herself to save Seiichiro from Yuto but dying with their enemy, while she still lives on in the manga, and in the movie she also pulls a Taking You Withme — but with Shougo Asagi instead.

Does Not Like Shoes: Downplayed. Whenever she is seen on the street in her work clothes, she goes without shoes, though still with her panties. This is probably due to practical reasons, as her work footwear is probably high-heeled and thus not very fit for hopping from roof to roof.

Taking You with Me: Attempted and ultimately consummated, with Yuto in the TV series and with Shogo in the film. In the first case it looked like the trope would be averted with Yuuto barely escaping and Karen dying next to Aoki... but it was ultimately played straight, with Yuuto perishing soon after his escape.

Unrequited Love: Towards Aoki, who cares for her greatly but not in that way.

Yuzuriha Nekoi

A petite, fresh and naive 14 years-old girl that often lightens up the mood and is never seen without her spirit dog, Inuki, that is invisible to regular humans.

Bullied all her childhood long because no one could see her dog but her, she has sworn to never accept a man who couldn't see her pet. Ironically, the first man to see Inuki is none other than a Dragon of Earth: Shiryu Kusanagi. She immediately falls for him. She can turn Inuki into a sword when in battle and her pet will do anything to protect her. Upon battling Satsuki Yatoji in the anime, she loses her dog and gets horribly depressed. After getting a Hannibal Lecture from Fuma and Satsuki, she is eventually able to revive Inuki while Fuma steps down.

In the film, she dies along with Yuto and Kusanagi, in Kamui's arms. In the anime, both Kusanagi and her survive after Kusanagi's Heel–Face Turn and it is hinted that they remain together.

Tropes associated with Yuzuriha Nekoi:

Action Girl / Faux Action Girl: Played with. While she does have power, she typically ends needing being saved by another character even in one-to-one battles. Then again, she is significantly younger than the rest of Dragons of Heaven, so she is much less experienced in the matter.

Adaptational Wimp: The anime greatly increases her rookie status, taking out a lot of both her maturity and power. Most notably, in the manga she is able to fight Satsuki to a standstill the next battle after the encounter which resulted in the first Inuki's death.

A Boy and His X: By tradition, the Nekoi family form lifelong partnerships with inugami like Yuzuriha's Inuki.

Joshikousei: Subverted. Despite being involved with an older guy, her schoolgirl status, although obvious, is never brought up as part of why he likes her, nor is it ever alluded to otherwise in story.

Meaningful Name: An invoked subversion: the "neko" in "Nekoi" means "cat," and her family uses it deliberately to obfuscate their affiliation with dog spirits.

Magical Girl: Variation. She has all the characteristics but doesn't use that kind of magic.

Too Dumb to Live: In the movie, after finding a random stranger who casually can see her spirit dog, she feels the impulse to tell it to him, and even identify him as a Dragon of Earth on his face. It only tips the stranger that she is a Dragon of Heaven, and it moves him to attack her and kick her ass in the worst possible moment.

The least seen member of the Dragons of Heaven, thirty-something Seiichiro Aoki is the oldest of them. Married with a child, he is also a Wind Master who tutored his nephew Daisuke Saiki.

After discreetly and amiably divorcing his wife Shimako in order to protect her and their child Yuuka from the disaster of the upcoming battles, he works as a journalist and manga editor in his daily life. He bounds specifically with Karen upon interviewing her for a manga and comes to help her when she goes in his stead to battle Yuto Kigai, alas to no avail. He uses his power over wind in battle.

A very mannerly and well-groomed blond Public Service clerk, Yuto is one of the most amoraland cynical of the Dragons of Earth. Not much is known about him except that he is pretty happy to work for the Dragons of Earth. Additionally, he playfully flirts with his protegee Satsuki and sleeps regularly with Kanoe. In battle, he uses a long rope with a dagger at the tip that he uses like a whip.

Friendly Enemy: Shares praises and jokes with an enemy who has just met, and that's only the beginning.

Making a Splash: His true specialty, which he reveals very late in the manga and admits not having used it in a long time, is water magic. (Interestingly, this power was utilized originally by Shogo Asagi in the movie, which was released before Yuto debuted it in the manga; in the same movie, he instead uses his powered daggers as his main weapon.)

Like Subaru, Seishirou is not actually close to his fellows and pretty much follows his own path. However, his role in the awakening of Kamui and Fuma was determinant. He is also the murderer of Hokuto Sumeragi, Subaru's sister and holds an interesting relationship with his mom, Setsuka. He mostly takes on Subaru, his former lover and current Arch-Nemesis, and uses an evil version of his powers which often includes Cherry Blossoms.

Oedipus Complex: His relationship with his mom, especially in the CD dramas. No evidence about sexual encounters, thankfully, but the Sub Text is heavy. And he DID kiss her on the lips when he killed her, in the manga.

Self-Made Orphan: Apparently standard practice in his family, considering the Sakurazukamori stuff. More exactly, Setsuka says that the Sakurazukamori can only be killed by the person they love the most, and who will become the Sakurazukamori in their place; in Setsuka's case, this person was Seishirou, so...

A nerdy-looking Emotionless Girl, highschool/college-aged Satsuki is the youngest of all the Dragons of Earth and the only female of the group aside of Kanoe. She always looks serious and is absolutely uninterested by the mundane world, finding solace only with her computers.

Born in a very wealthy family, she manifested her powers at anearly age and can connect herself directly to computers by letting them invade her body with their cables. She spends most of her time connected to her giant PC, the Beast, that she got from Kanoe and that stripped her from the last remnants of interest in humans. She thoroughly lectures Yuzuriha upon battling her and kills her spirit dog when she cannot give her a satisfactory answer. She also develops feelings for Yuto who is amused by her crush, even though he openly sleeps with their shared boss Kanoe and doesn't really encourage her advances. This drives the Beast mad with envy. She uses the Beast for reconnaissance purposes and uses him to control electric cables as offensive weapons.

In the movie and anime, Satsuki dies upon trying to help Yuto (against Fuuma in the first, against Seiichiro and Karen in the second), impaled by the many cables of the Beast who refuses to lose her to anyone.

Tropes associated with Satsuki Yatoji:

Adaptational Heroism: The anime gives her a friendly moment with Yuzuriha of all people, even if she apparently didn't know she was a Dragon of Heaven. Her manga and movie selves are much more cold and asocial.

Ambiguous Disorder: She vastly prefers computers over interacting with other people, and seems to be annoyed when people try to interact with her. She also has a distinct Lack of Empathy as shown by her interactions with Yuzuriha. Asperger's?

Dark Action Girl: Satsuki doesn't fight with her hands and legs, but she can control massive cables VERY effectively if she wishes to do so. I.e., in The Movie she uses said cables to gravely injure Sorata during her fight against him and Arashi.

Emotionless Girl: Only in appearance. She definitely feels emotion, but her complete disinterest towards human beings makes her look cold.

Expy: Of Lain Iwakura, both in character and skills. She even resembled Lain when younger.

Kick the Dog She literally kills Inuki in front of Yuzuriha when she failed to answer why killing humans is "bad".

Loners Are Freaks: Subverted. Despite her dismissive behaviour, she is appreciated by her fellows and other people in general.

A genderless, cybernetic clone of the dead granddaughter of a local scientist, Nataku has pretty much no personality other than that of a lost child. Or so we're led to believe. He appears as your usual white-haired Bishōnen.

He is first seen as being sustained in a glass chamber. After heading out to steal the Shinken from Kyogo Monou, he eventually joins the Dragons of Earth. Upon seeing just how much Fuma ressembles his father (the son of his creator), he immediately takes him as a father figure and loves him unconditionally. He fights several times against Kamui, Yuzuriha and a switched Kusanagi, and in the manga he also fights Karen and Aoki. He mainly uses fabric tendrils in battle.

He eventually dies upon merging with Fuma and becoming part of him to heal him from the damage done by Sorata upon defending Arashi, in the anime. He and Aoki kill each other in battle in the film, and in the manga he dies at Fuma's hands while shielding Karen - partially because he interpretes His Only Wish as partly dying by Fuuma's own hand ("the hand of the person he loves the most aka 'his father figure") and partly protecting Karen ("the person most important to him aka his mother figure", due to Nataku and Karen having sorta bonded right before his death.)Tropes associated with Nataku:

What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: In the manga, it turns out he isn't that emotionless. Specially during his fight/talk with Karen, where she listens to his backstory and tells him that yes, he has a heart, and he should follow it. This leads Nataku to shield Karen from Fuuma — at the cost of his own life; as said above, Fuuma interprets a part of Nataku's wish as "to die at his hands."

The bulky, towering and Air Force agent is actually a Technical Pacifist who is inherently linked with the spirit of Earth. His characterisation is the most uneven between all three media of X/1999.

In both the anime and manga, he is actually the least aggressive and asocial of all the Dragons of Earth. He is the most reluctant to participate in the end of the world but joins in regardless even though he doesn't share his views with everyone else. His enemy Yuzuriha Nekoi develops romantic feelings for him.

In the film, he is the most aggressive and violent of all and is nothing more than a Blood Knight who simply wants to kill the Dragons of Heaven. His relationship with Yuzuriha doesn't exist. He ends up dying bloodily at the hands of the recently awakened Fuuma.

In battle, he mostly uses brute force and is able to shatter the ground open with one punch.Tropes associated with Kusanagi Shiyu:

Adaptational Villainy: The movie turns him from the most human and level-headed of the Dragons of Earth into the most violent and unhinged.

Bruiser with a Soft Center: Although the physically strongest of the Seven Angels, even more than Fuma himself, as well as being able to shatter the ground open with one punch, he is a very kind-hearted man indeed.

The Brute: Subverted. Seems fit for the role, given that he is huge, strong and direct, but lacks the cruelty.

Kakyo Kuzuki

A frail and comatose guy that seldom comes to his senses in the real world and spends most of his time in Comaland where he dreams about the future, a constant sad look on his face. A dreamseer like Hinoto, he was sequestrated for a long time by ill-intentioned politicians.

During one of his dreams, he meets Hokuto, Subaru's twin sister and falls in love with her. Upon seeing her eventual fate in his dreams, in the anime he breaks out of his coma and tries to save her but is shot by his jailers and put in a never ending coma. He also befriends Kotori in the dream space, comforting her in her last minutes of life, possessing her fatally injured body so she won't be in pain, and then watching her soul go off to Heaven)

In the manga, he is convinced to join the Dragons of Earth by Fuma after trying to prevent the murder of Kotori. In the anime, Fuma coerces him to manipulate Hinoto's dreams so as to mislead her predictions. But he eventually turns on Fuma on the urgings of Kotori and Hokuto. He eventually dies peacefully in his sleep and leaves for Heaven with his beloved Hokuto.Tropes associated with Kakyo Kuzuki:

Ascended Extra: A roundabout example. In the manga he's among the last Dragons of Earth to appear, so much that The Movie had Shougo to fill in the blanks. In the anime, however, he is both the narrator andThe Protagonist of the OVA, telling the viewers how his life has been and how he sees the world.

Bishōnen: To prove that Dragons of Earth have people in this sector as well.

Disability Superpower: Very much like Hinoto, he is bound to a bed aside from being a powerful dreamseer.

Inter Generational Friendship: Strikes one with Kotori, in the dream space. He goes as far as possessing her body briefly as she dies to take her horrifying physical pain into himself and have some words with Fuuma, and then he says goodbye to her in the dream scape as she goes to Heaven, becoming the depositary of her Famous Last Words and a tender kiss on the cheek.

Lonely Rich Kid: Born in a very rich and traditional family, and also kept in isolation by corrupt politicians due to his bad health and enormous dream seeing powers. Even worse in the OAV, when for the first time ever he rebels against the Gilded Cage he's locked in to try dissuading Hokuto from deploying her Thanatos Gambit... but he gets shot in the back and can barely witness her death at the hands of Seishirou. And from then on, he's comatose.

Man in White: Wears white robes in the real world, and dresses in a white suit when in the dream space.

A blind and crippled dreamseer, she is actually in charge of the whole political life of Tokyo and can see the future in her dreams. She appears as an albinoWoman in White that possesses a wide range of psychic abilities and some power over Shikigami magic.

Although Hinoto has never once failed in her predictions, she was initially unable to determine the eventual path Kamui would take, so she tried to influence him to side with the Dragons of Heaven but Kanoe informed Kamui about his possibility to choose between the two. She functions mainly as the Dragons of Heaven's Mission Control and is able to use spells to see outside her hidden place. She also constantly fighting her Enemy Within her Dark Self, that wishes to live on as a dreamseer and manipulates the group in order to ensure the world is destroyed in the end.

In the manga, Hinoto is confronted directly by Sorata about her actions, yet the outcome is (still) not clear. In the TV-series, she commits suicide in order to stop her Dark Self from interfering with the fate of the Seven Seals. In the film, Hinoto says goodbye to Kamui and teleports him to the Tokyo Tower so he can duel Fuma, then lets herself die as the Diet building collapses around her, Kanoe's lifeless body in her arms.Tropes associated with Hinoto:

Big Good: Commands and guides the Dragons of Heaven. At least a part of her.

Dream Weaver: The most powerful and experienced of them, and the one for the Dragons of Heaven.

Driven to Suicide: In the film, she could've escaped from the collapsing Diet Building but chooses to not do so, saving Kamui's life and entrusting him with the rest of the Dragons of the Heaven's mission before she's crushed to death by the rubble falling on her, holding Kanoe's lifeless body in her arms.

The Seven Angels's counterpart to Hinoto is actually her younger sister. She is the one responsible for bringing all of the Dragons of Earth together and helps them in their mission by providing them with headquarters and material. She is a tall, dark-haired Femme Fatale with the customary long nails to hint at her evil, and she works as the head secretary of the Diet (Japanese Congress).

Although being born in the same family as Hinoto, Kanoe isn't gifted with the power of dreamseeing but can enter the dreams of others. Hence, she was always treated as less important than her sister. She is mostly flirtatious and Affably Evil towards her companions; she has an open affair with Yuto and flirts occasionally with Satsuki. Despite claiming to hate Hinoto, her sister's death seems to affect her all the same.

In the film, Fuma kills her upon entering the Final Battle, and she dies in a devastated Hinoto's arms while explaining her reasons.. In the TV series, she lives on and mourns her sister. In the manga, she is killed by Hinoto.Tropes associated with Kanoe:

Adaptational Badass: Her level of power depends on the continuity. In the manga and anime, she is just a Dream Walker and can only enter the dreams of others but not influence or see too much beyond, leaving those tasks to Kakyo; in the movie, however, as Kakyou doesn't exist in this continuity, she's a full-fledged Dream Weaver just like Hinoto.

Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Kanoe has black hair and light skin and isn't particularly close to anyone but her sister, Hinoto.

Big Bad: Initially, she is the nearest thing to a Bid Bad the show has, as she helps and leads the Dragons of Earth. Later, however, the job is passed to Fuuma.

Bi the Way: Sleeps with Yuuto, flirts with Satsuki, is kinda handsy with both Monous in The Movie... To our knowledge, her evil and/or morally grey actions aren't tied to her bisexuality so she doesn't count as Depraved Bisexual.

Bloody Murder: Rather "Bloody Abduction" In the movie, she has the ability to create portals to her dream dimension in the form of blood, which she uses to abduct Kotori.

Facial Markings: In the manga and movie, she has a seal on her forehead to mark her Dreamseer powers.

Kamui's mother and maternal aunt. They were membresses of the Magami clan, a once powerful family that is shrouded in mystery. Tohru left the Magami clan (including a pre-teen Tokiko) few after her highschool graduation, gave birth to Kamui, was close to the Monou family and left to Okinawa at some point; meanwhile, Tokiko balanced her work as a nurse with some spiritual deals. Tohru's death is the trigger for Kamui's return to Tokyo, as he believes she was murdered...Tropes associated with Tohru and Tokiko:

Meganekko: Tokiko. It's the only visible difference between the two sisters, to the point that as soon as she removes her glasses Kamui recognizes the resemblance and sees their faces superimposed over each other.

Person of Holding: Depending on the continuity, one of the Shinkens is born from one of them: Tohru in the movie and Tokiko from both manga and anime.

Teen Pregnancy: Possibly. Tohru left her family right after graduating from highschool (and when Tokiko was in junior-high).; Tokiko's memories of the last time they saw each other imply that Tohru either was already pregnant with Kamui or knew she'd have him soon.

Yamato Nadeshiko: Tohru, a devoted single mother who goes for the cold steel without hesitation. Also, both of her seiyuu (Masako Ikeda and Kikuko Inoue) are rather famous for voicing this kind of character.

Kyogo and Saya Monou

Fuuma and Kotori's parents, who own and handle the Tokagushi Shinto shrine. Despite looking Happily Married, they actually got together to fulfill their destinies rather than for romantic love, and the reasonings behind said destinies are not exactly simple either.

Famous Last Words: Kyougo tried to use his own to tell Fuuma that he was the other Kamui, but couldn't finish.

Kyougo: " Fuuma, you... you are Kamui's..."

Gorn: How Saya died, by being dismembered while "giving birth" to the Shinken. In the manga, it happens in the backyard of the shrine; in the anime, it's during an urgent surgery.

Heroic Sacrifice: Saya, specially in the manga. She knew that Tohru was destined to have the Shinken inside, but willingly took her place so Kamui wouldn't be left fully orphaned and to show her love for her.

Hide Your Lesbians: Saya was in love with Tohru. She married Kyougo to fulfill her destiny. Thethreeknew it, and Saya even apologized to Kyougo for it since he did genuinely love her but she simply couldn't love him back in the same way - right before she died. Tohru then left for Okinawa with little Kamui on tow because she felt so guilty that she couldn't face the Monous afterwards.

Shougo Asagi

A playful, sarcastic highschooler who appears only in the movie, filling Kakyou's place as his character hadn't even really been created. He also had Yuuto's water-based powers, since Yuuto had never used them by that point.

Canon Foreigner: Was specially created for the animated film, since Kakyou had not appeared in the manga by that point and Yuuto's water-control powers had still not been revealed/written either. A decade later, he was adopted into CLAMP's canon in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle.

Dream Walker: Hokuto can enter other people's dreams, but she can't influence them and it's hinted that she can only do it when she herself is asleep. (Unlike Hinoto, who can freely do so.) That's actually how she met Kakyou, via accidentally stepping into his dream space at night...

Thanatos Gambit: Her Heroic Sacrifice was actually a desperate gambit from her, to both save Subaru's life and give Seishirou a Last-Second Chance. It backfired horribly — but in the TV series, it soooooorta worked since Subaru ultimately survived.

The Unfavorite: Subverted. She was the eldest twin, but was denied to become the head of the family due to her lack of powers - yet she was not bitter about it and helped Subaru as much as she could.

Daisuke Saiki

The nephew of Seiichirou Aoki, with similar wind powers. He at first distrusts Kamui a lot due to his attitude and can't accept him as The Hero, but he slowly warms up to him. Daisuke is also very, VERY fiercely protective of Hinoto, and seems to have romantic feelings for her.Tropes associated with Daisuke Saiki:

Jerk with a Heart of Gold: If you cross him, he'll be a real Jerk Ass. But if you prove to be a good person, he'll be much nicer. And if you do the first and then the latter, he'll aknowledge it rather humbly.

Setsuka: I love it. I love camellias best when they fall (gets a dreamy look) It falls on the ground.... plop, like a human head. I love it.

The Ophelia: She often talks about things that look like nosense, then counteracts with something quite unsettling and does so smiling. See the quotes under Flower Motifs to have an idea.

Parental Incest: As mentioned, her relationship with Seishirou gives a strong vibe of this. She does say he's the only person she's ever come to care for and love, is implied to have given him a kiss on the lips upon meeting and in the manga, when she dies at Sei's hand by her own request, they share a Last Kiss.

Posthumous Character: Basically, the reason why Sei is the way he is. Even after dying many years ago, when Seishirou was in high school.

Yamato Nadeshiko: A beautiful, soft spoken and dark-haired woman whose hobbies include Ikebana and wears really pretty kimonos. Her devotion to the murderous family business is complete, and it makes her extraordinarily creepy.

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